Oil-spill risk analysis: Cook Inlet/Shelikof Strait outer continental shelf lease sale 149. Volume 1. The analysis. Final report

Technical Report · Sun Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:5781881

Johnson, W R; Marshall, C; Anderson, C M; Lear, E M

The Federal Government has proposed to offer Outer Continental Shelf lands in Cook Inlet/Shelikof Strait for oil and gas leasing. Because oil spills may occur from activities associated with offshore oil production, the Minerals Management Service conducts a formal risk assessment. In evaluating the significance of accidental oil spills, it is important to remember that the occurrence of such spills is fundamentally probabilistic. The effects of oil spills that could occur during oil and gas production must be considered. The report summarizes results of an oil-spill risk analysis conducted for the proposed Cook Inlet/Shelikof Strait OCS Lease Sale 149. The objective of the analysis was to estimate relative risks associated with oil and gas production for the proposed lease sale.

• Research Organization: Minerals Management Service, Herndon, VA (United States). Environmental Operations and Analysis Branch
• OSTI ID: 5781881
• Report Number(s): PB-94-106325/XAB; OCS/MMS--93-0033
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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